Marking attachment for golf clubs



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MARKING ATTACHMENT FOR GOLF CLUBS Filed April 5, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Rudy Abner/7f INVENTORS James-W. Abram! WW 3M R. ABRECHT ET AL.

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I INVENTORS James W. flbrechi Rudy Abrecm Patented Jan. 31, 1950 MARKINGATTACHMENT FOR GOLF CLUBS Rudy Abrecht, Sacramento, and James W.Abrecht, Whittier, Calif.

Application April 5, 1948, Serial No. 18,974

- 1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful golf practicing devicesfor use either indoors or outdoors and more particularly to theprovision of a marking device carried by a golf club to register a spoton the golf ball struck by the center of the club to thus indicate theaccuracy of the swing.

An important object of the invention is to provide means for easily andquickly interchangeably attaching the marking device to various types ofwooden or metal golf club heads.

A further object is to provide spotting means carried by the face of agolf club to register the point of contact thereof when driving aregulation golf ball.

Another object is to provide a device of this character of simple andpractical construction, which is efficient and reliable in use,relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for thepurposes for which the same is in-" tended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wood golf club showing the marker inposition thereon;

Figure 2 is a, transverse sectional view taken substantially on a line2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the marker positioned on an iron clubhead;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the target;

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on a line5-5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on a line6--6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a front elevational view of one side of the target incollapsed position; and,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a spotting device carried by the golfclub.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration we have disclosed preferred embodiments of the invention,the numeral 5 designates an elastic band having an opening 6 therein andin which is positioned a marking device designated generally at I. Themarking device comprises a disk 8 of plastic or other suitable materialhaving a cage 9 at one surface of substantially spider form providedwith a central opening I ll. An inked pad II is held in the cag with amarking stud l2 projecting therefrom through opening I 0.

The band 5 is stretched around either a wooden golf club head I3 asshown in Figures 1 and 2 or around an iron club head I3a as shown inFigure 3 with the marking device I positioned at the center of thestriking face of the club.

A target is shown generally at l4 and comprises a pair of integral stiffpaper or cardboard sheets I5 and I6 of predetermined size and shape andhaving interlocking tongues l1 and I8 at each end, the tongue I"! of thesheet l5 having a hook I9 received in a slit 20 of tongue I8 at adjacentends of the sheets to support the sheets in upright back to backposition substantially in the form of an easel.

The sheets I5 and I6 are formed with alined central openings 2| and 22in which an imitation golf ball 23 is snugly fitted and supported, theball being constructed of tough fiber-board or other inexpensivesuitable material.

The front and rear surfaces of target sheets I5 and I6 adjacent openings2| and 22 are provided with a chart 24 composed of intersectingsubstantially horizontal and vertical lines 25 and 26, the horizontallines being identified by the letters of the alphabet 2! while thevertical lines are identified with numbers 28.

In the use of the invention, the marking device 5 is placed on a clubhead I3 or I3a and the target I4 is placed on the ground with theimitation golf ball 23 supported therein and exposed at opposite sidesof the target. The striking of the ball by the club will cause the studl2 of inking pad I I to leave a mark on the ball at its point of impactand indicate to the golfer the accuracy of his swing.

The chart 24 is used to enable the golfer to make a record of the pointof impact on the ball during frequent striking thereof by the club toshow improvement in his swing.

In Figure 8 we have illustrated a colored cloth disk 29 having adhesive30 on one surface for attaching to the striking face of a golf club forstriking a regulation golf ball, the disk leaving a colored mark on theball at its point of impact to show the accuracy of the swing.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same .issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Obviously, the imitation golf ball 23 may be moulded or pressed into thesides of the target 14 to form an integral part of the fibre-board whichforms the target.

The easel is so constructed that it can be set up so that the imitationgolf ball will be at the proper height for wood golf clubs and easilychanged to the required lower position for iron golf clubs.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A golf practice device comprising an endless band of elastic materialadapted to-embrace the head of a golf club, said band having an.enlarged.

portion for opposing the striking face. of a golf club, said enlargedportion having an opening therein, a backing disk adapted to bearagainst the striking face of a golf club, a spider-like cage atonesurface ofsaid diskhaving a. centralaperture; said cageextendingthrough the opening. in said'band, an: ink retaining pad mountedin. the

'4 cage, and a stud carried by said pad and projecting through theaperture in said cage.

RUDY ABRECHT. JAMES W. ABRECHT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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